Boeing 747 - Wikipedia
The 747 was the first airplane called a "Jumbo Jet" as the first wide-body airliner. The 747 is a four-engined jet aircraft, initially powered by Pratt & Whitney JT9D turbofan engines, then General Electric CF6 and Rolls-Royce RB211 engines for the original variants.
Boeing 747-400 - Wikipedia
The Boeing 747-400 is a large, long-range wide-body airliner produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, an advanced variant of the initial Boeing 747.
How Boeing’s 747 jumbo jet changed travel - CNN
2023年2月4日 · Over 50 years after the launch of the “queen of the skies,” the very last Boeing 747 has finally been delivered. Here’s how the famous jumbo jet “shrank the world” and revolutionized ...
Boeing 747: 50 years of the 'Jumbo Jet' - BBC
2018年9月28日 · The Boeing 747 was unveiled to a crowd of thousands on 30 September 1968, at the new Everett factory near Seattle, constructed especially to build the new plane. The age of the ‘jumbo jet’ had...
Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet - HistoryLink.org
The Boeing 747 was one of the most ambitious projects ever taken on by the aerospace company. More than twice as big as the Boeing 707, the four-engine jumbo-jet was originally able to carry more than 400 passengers and had a range of more than 5,000 nautical miles, making the plane very popular for overseas travel.
Boeing delivers its last 747, an aviation milestone : NPR
2022年12月8日 · The jumbo jet transformed an industry, bringing luxurious amenities and lengthy nonstop flights to the masses — all in a design that was both enormous and elegant.
Watch the Final 747-8 Celebration Event - The Boeing Company
2024年10月21日 · On June 20, 2011, a Boeing 747-8 Freighter lands at Paris-Le Bourget airport after completing the first translatlantic flight of a large commercial airplane powered on all engines by a sustainable aviation jet fuel – a blend of 15 percent carmelina-based biofuel mixed with 85 percent traditional kerosene Jet A fuel.
The Boeing 747: The plane that shrank the world - BBC
2020年6月19日 · It will become a household name thanks to a play on its elephantine size; the ‘Jumbo Jet’. But as far as Boeing is concerned, it’s called the 747. *** The beginnings of the 747’s story,...
Boeing bids farewell to an icon, delivers last 747 jumbo jet
2023年2月1日 · Boeing bid farewell to an icon Tuesday: It delivered its final 747 jumbo jet. Since it debuted in 1969, the 747 has served as a cargo plane, a commercial aircraft capable of carrying nearly 500 passengers, and the Air Force One presidential aircraft.
Boeing Delivers the Last 747: A History of the ‘Queen of the Skies’
2023年2月1日 · The four-engine jumbo jet has carried the space shuttle and, as Air Force One, the U.S. president. The last version of the plane is being delivered this week. Here's a look back at its history....